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Kepler-256 b

Kepler-256 b is a scorching super-Earth orbiting a Sun-like star 3,348 ly away. A year there lasts 1.6 days. It was found using the transit method: it dims its star as it passes in front. Note: its mass is estimated from its size.

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EarthKepler-256 b
Gravity12.22 m/s²1.25× Earth estimated
Size1.59× Earthradius measured
Mass3.15× Earthestimated
Temperature≈ 1,408 °Cequilibrium temperature measured
Distance3,348 light-yearsfrom the Sun
Its star5,551 Ka Sun-like star
One year1.6 daystime to orbit its star
Discovered2014transit

What it would be like in Worldwalk imagined

Nobody has seen the surface of Kepler-256 b. The game builds it from the real numbers above: you land on a molten surface of lava seas.

Pack the right suit. Choose 3 of 6 modules (cooling, heating, pressure hull, extra oxygen, radiation shield, jetpack), complete 3 surveys and get back to the lander before your oxygen runs out.

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Other planets around Kepler-256

Kepler-256 c1.14× EarthKepler-256 d1.09× EarthKepler-256 e1.11× Earth

Similar worlds nearby

Kepler-1587 b3,348 light-yearsKepler-1383 b3,350 light-yearsKepler-1293 b3,353 light-yearsKepler-1901 b3,354 light-yearsKepler-84 d3,340 light-yearsKepler-1131 b3,362 light-years

Sizes, masses, temperatures and orbits come from the NASA Exoplanet Archive (Planetary Systems Composite table). Values marked estimated are calculated from the other measurements; the surface and air are imagined for the game.